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(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] watch [...] (2) I will com[e for my wo]rk assignment. [Let the king, my lord, n]ot say: "[He is] not [...], he does not do any [work], he does not [...] leg [...]!" (6) Now I have [...]ed the royal bodyguard [... who] came (8) [...] (by) the gods of the k[ing, my lord] (9) [...] I asked and I as[ked ...] (10) [...] he did not give [......] (Rest destroyed)
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(1) [To the king, my lord: your] servant [NN]. Good [health to the king, my lord]! (4) On the 30t[h] day [......] (5) ... [......] (6) [......] (7) you [......] (8) work assignment [......] (9) much [......] (10) [a]sked [......] (Rest destroyed)
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(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...] the king, [my lo]rd (3) [... s]peaks (4) ["...] your work (5) ["...] Why do you not glaze bricks in [...]?" (6) The [...]-man [ga]ve [...], saying: "If there is much [...]" (Rest destroyed)
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(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...] have done [...] (3) [... in] Tishri (VII) [...] (4) [the king, m]y [lord] w[rote ...] (Break) (7) Perha[ps the king, my lord, w]ill say: "[What are you] doing?" (r 2) [...] I (r 3) [...] On the 15th day (r 4) [...] I shall finish ... (r 5) [...] I shall give them [the p]rice (Rest destroyed)
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(1) To the ki[ng, my lord]: your servant [NN]. Good health [to the king, my lord]! (4) When [......] (5) upon [......] (6) the king, my lord [...] (7) ... [...] (8) I shall la[y ...] (9) if [.....] (Break) (r 1) I will d[o] the work [...]
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(Beginning destroyed) (2) Let the king, my lord, as[k ...] (3) If not, who would tell [...] in the king's presence? (5) [...] their wings [...] (6) Concerning the wall about which [...] (Break) (r 2) [...] not [......] (r 3) [th]e men [......] (r 4) [x] minas [......] (Rest destroyed)
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(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] the king [...] (2) [promo]ted the ki[ng ...] (3) [...] our work [...] (4) "Limestone and [...] st[one] (5) has been provided; the deputy [...] (6) ... The master builder[(s) ...] (7) [...] the[ir] work [...] (8) [...] does" [...] (9) I sent [...] before him [...] (Rest broken away or too fragmentary for translation)
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(Beginning destroyed) (1) [t]o [......] (2) master builders [......] (3) to [......] (4) he [......] (5) [...] to [...] (Rest destroyed)
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(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant NN. Good health to the king, my lord]! (4) [Conce]rning the gu[ard ...] (5) the king [...] about it [...] (6) instead ...[...] (7) the rams of [...] (8) [a]s a fine [...] (Break) (r 2) "The city-lord watc[hed over] our houses [...]. Why did he not, when [the ...s] were serving with me, watc[h over] their houses?" (r 7) Now until I have giv[en ... t]o [the k]ing [...] (Rest destroyed)
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(Beginning destroyed) (1) "[Sen]d (word) [...]!" — We have been sending (word) [t]o the right and left. (r 1) Perhaps we shall indeed find (him/it), and I can send (him/it) to the king, my lord.
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(Beginning destroyed) (1) "...[......] (2) send to m[e! ......] (3) the terrain [......] (4) is squeeze[d ......] (5) it is not suitable [for ......] (6) until I mobi[lize ......] (7) [......] (8) [... the ki]ng [......] (9) [......] (10) [...] he sa[id .......] (11) [... th]e el[ders ...] (Break) (r 1) [Concern]ing [......] (r 2) [o]f the land [......] (r 3) they have lead o[ut ......] (r 4) not [......] (r 5) Ubru-[......] (r 6) with [my] mes[senger ......] (r 7) to [......] (r 8) We shall retur[n ......] (r 9) the res[t ......] (r 10) [......] (r 11) with [......] (Rest destroyed)
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(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) "[Come] quickly! There are not man[y] tracks on the riverside. Cross [the river] at the ...!"
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(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...... ther]efore they (3) [......] they are [by the r]iver (4) [......] we gave them (5) [...... am]ong them (6) [...... wo]unded (r 1) [......] th[eir ...] (r 2) [......] the river (r 3) [...... ab]out the city wal[l] (r 4) [......] .... (r 5) [......] (r 6) [......] the wall (r 7) [......] upon it (Rest destroyed)
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(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......] the field [...] (2) [...] our force on them (3) [...] "Really one (4) [...] we captured (5) [...] "there are no [It]u'u (troops) (6) [...] does not go (7) [...] the men whom they caught (8) [... to the k]ing my lord? (9) [......] all that the king, my lord, (10) [......] he completed (11) [...... th]ose (12) [......] (13) [......] the town (r 1) [......] (r 2) [...... w]hat (r 3) [......]... (r 4) [......] (r 5) [...... s]hould know (r 6) [......] (r 7) [......] (r 8) [... he should] surround [...] (r 9) [... Now the]n a tent (r 10) [......] the king to m[e]…
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(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......] from the magnates (2) [......] that the king, my lord (3) [......] to his servant (4) [......] Bel-ahu-iddina (5) [......] before me (6) [... have dep]arted (7) [...... ap]pointed (8) [......] scribe (Rest too broken for translation)
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(Beginning destroyed) (1) "[......] (2) the king heard [...] (3) "Concerning [...] (4) "we are afraid and [...] (5) the delegate [...] (6) [w]ho before u[s ...] (7) [t]o each other [...] (8) they [s]et [...] (9) [...] rea[r ...] (Break) (r 1) [... of the ki]ng, [my] lord [...] (r 2) [t]o him not [...] (r 3) [...] the king, my lord [...] (r 4) [la]id him [..., he] passed on [...]; (r 5) He is betw[een the ... of the c]ity and the can[al]. (r 7) When I saw the let[ter] of the king, [my] lord, [I] went to [...]. The messenger [...] (Break) (e. 1) [......] the king, my lord [...] (e. 2) [Perhaps t…
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(Beginning destroyed) (r 2) have not brou[ght ......] (r 3) ... [......] (r 4) Raši-Marduk [......] (r 5) [the] herald of the [......] (r 6) and a lett[er .......] (r 7) [x j]ugs of wine [......] (r 8) [the] herald of [NN ...] (r 9) and a lett[er ......] (r 10) two jugs of wi[ne ......] (r 11) to Ahhe[šaya ......] (r 12) brough[t ......] (Rest destroyed)
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(1) T[o the king, my lord]: your servant [NN]. Good heal[th to the king, my lord]! (4) The king, my lord, [wrote me]: "The daughter of [NN] is coming, and there are many men [and women] wi[th her]. Let them eat [bread and drink] wi[ne], [......] sweet [oi]l" — (Rest destroyed)
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(1) [To the king], my [l]ord: your servant [...]ta. [Good hea]lth to the king, my lord! (4) [The ladies NN and ...]dirti, [the ...]s of the spring have come [to m]e (Remainder too broken for translation)
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(Beginning destroyed) (1) the deputy [... and ...] of the lady [NN] (3) the servants [...] (4) brough[t ......] (5) We received [... and] brought [them] into the city [...]. (8) [Perhaps] the king, my lord, [will say]: "[...] (Break) (r 1) two hau[berks ...] (r 2) one shiel[d ...] (r 3) one bow [...] (r 4) four axes [...] (r 5) a mural crown of [...] (r 6) a boss of [...] (r 7) three shekels [...] (r 8) a string of beads [...] (Rest destroyed)
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(Beginning destroyed) (1) and [......] (2) I lift[ed ......] (3) I placed [......] (4) treasury [......] (5) the copper utensils [... which] (6) he lifted [......] (7) it is placed [in ...] (8) Let a [...] come [...] (9) [wr]iting-board [...] (Break) (r 1) [t]o [NN ......] (r 2) will bring in [......] (r 3) will put in ord[er ......]
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(1) [To the king, my lord]: your servant [NN]. Good health t[o the king, my lord]! (4) Nuraya should com[e] t[o me] while I am here [...] (Break) (r 1) [x] talents less 4.5 minas of lapis lazuli. (r 2) [x] litres of antimony. (Rest destroyed)
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(Beginning destroyed) (2) [......] Let them bring [them down ...]! (3) [I] sent [... the pr]efects of [...], and they brought [them to me]. (5) They are [inci]ting them against me [...]. (6) [I]ati' says: "[You have ...] us [our] corn tax, (but) you have not su[pplied our] deficit(s) [for ...] years!" (9) [...] to [...] (Rest destroyed)
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(Beginning destroyed) (1) [... t]his [......] (2) [...] him. Let the king [do] a[s he deems best]. (3) [Perhap]s the king, my lord, will sa[y: "Where] is it [deposit]ed?" It is [...] in the storehouse of [NN]. (5) [Pre]viously, when [NN] was living [ther]e, his messenger s[poke] there with my messenger [abo]ut the earlier matters, a[bout the troops] he had requested, saying, "[Let] them give me [...] m[en], and I will g[o and] conquer [......]." (12) [...] his servant [......] (Rest destroyed)
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(Beginning destroyed) (1) [c]am[e ......] (2) [str]ong [......] (3) the troops [......] (4) get assembled [......] (5) spea[k ......] (6) who wen[t ......] (7) the town Si[......] (8) "[......] (Break) (r 1) w[e ......] (r 2) 300 [......] (r 3) w[ent ......] (r 4) t[o ......] (Rest destroyed)
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(Beginning destroyed) (1) [... about] whom [... the ki]ng, my lord, wrote me: "Give (them) to the chief [...!" — I] am giving [I]tu'[eans] to him. Now in place of what [is he s]eizing [...] Gurreans of mine?
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(Beginning destroyed) (1) [NN] the commander-of-fifty [...]. (2) Concerning the [... about whom the king], my lord, gave me this order: "Give ropes [to] one cohort commander! [...] Let him constantly go in and out [...]" — he is [constantly] going in and out [..., as the king, my lo]rd ordered me. (Rest destroyed)
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(Beginning destroyed) (1) [Now th]en Man[nu-...... has c]ome [to me], saying: "Find out in detail those who chased away [...... the body]guard, and write to me [...]!" (4) A chariot fighter of mine [na]med Abu-[...] — for the second year [now] he has not g[one to] a campaign with me (Rest destroyed)
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(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...], saying: "[...] these [me]n [...]." (3) [Now t]hen [I a]m writing to the kin[g, my lord]; what [is it that the king, my lord], commands reg[arding] these [...]? (7) I am [n]ow se[nding] the let[ter t]o the Palace. The terr[ible word]s [f]rom the lett[er of] Il-pada the [...ean] (Break) (r 3) [... O]pis [...] (r 4) [...] ... of I[l-pada] (r 5) [wou]nde[d ...] (Rest too broken for translation)
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(1) [A tablet of ...]ya to Bel-abu-uṣur. Good health to m[y] brother! (Break) (r 1) ...[...]... (r 2) I listen much to my brother.
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(1) [To the king, m]y [lord: your servant ...]aya. [Good health to] the king, my lord! (4) [When] the king's [...]s [came to] my [presence] (7) [...]... (8) [...] the golden signet ring (9) [...]... (10) [... not y]et (11) [...]
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(Beginning destroyed) (1) [about which the king, my] lo[rd, wrote] to [me]: "Why [did you] send those [...]?" — I am now dispatching a letter. (9) Nabû-bal[liṭ the] wine [mast]er (Rest destroyed)
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(1) [To the king, my lord: yo]ur [servant NN. Good he]alth t[o the king, my lord]! (4) [Concerning wh]at the king, my lord, [wrote to me]: (5) "Why [......]? (6) "Write to me!" [......] (7) is afraid [......] (8) we[nt ......] (9) does [......] (10) does not [......] (11) wri[ting-board ......] (12) and [NN ...] (Break) (r 3) [The king, my lord, can] be g[lad].
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(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] 20 town[s] (2) [...]eans (3) [...]s (4) [...a]lseans (5) [...]... (6) [...] the 'mule-house man' (7) [...] (8) [... o]f the king (Remainder too broken for translation)
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(1) [To the king, my lord: yo]ur servant [NN]. (3) Concerning [the ...] about which [I said] to [the king, my lord]: (5) "[......] to the land A[...] (7) "the [...... who] fro[m ......] (Rest destroyed)
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(1) To [the king, my lord]: your servant [NN]. Good heal[th to the king, my lord]! (4) The king, [my] lo[rd, ......] (5) fo[rts ......] (Rest destroyed)
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(1) [To the king, my lord]: your servant [NN]. Good heal[th to the king, my lord]! (4) Sîn-bu[na'i ...] c[ame and told me]: "[......] in the house [...]" (Rest destroyed)
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(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......] Now he (2) [......] of the distric[t] (3) [......] he (and) the govern[or] (4) [......] this (5) [......]s of the town Ib[...] (Rest destroyed)
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(Beginning destroyed) (1) [t]he village mana[ger ...] (2) [w]ho [...] to the left (3) [the k]ing, my lord [...] (Rest destroyed)
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(Beginning destroyed) (7) [...] Aššur-be[lu-...] (8) [... wr]it[ing-board ...] (Break) (r 2) they (are) th[ere. The ... which] (r 3) I had fetched [...] under the kin[g's] aegis, (r 5) I have le[ft in] the province.
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(Beginning destroyed) (2) [......] the governors (3) [...... does n]ot agree (Rest destroyed)
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(1) T[o the king, my lord]: your servant [NN]. Good health t[o the king, my lord]! (4) Concerning [......] (Remainder too broken for translation)
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(1) To [the king, my lord]: your servant [NN]. Good he[alth to the king, my lord]! (4) On the 12t[h] day [......] (5) of the king, my lord [......] (6) as [......] (Rest destroyed)
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(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] the road which [...] (2) [...] her [...] (3) Perha[ps the king, my lord, will say]: "[... the ...]-man [...]" (Remainder too broken for translation)
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(Beginning destroyed) (1) and [......] (2) alongsi[de ......] (3) again[st ......] (4) and [NN ......] (Rest destroyed)
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(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) [...] a 'third man' (and) a shield-bearer (r 2) [... x] homers of corn rations the governor (r 3) [of Zab]ban from my threshing floor (r 4) [...] Der ...[...] (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeEconomy(1) The king's word to Aššur-šarru-u[ṣur]: I am well, Assyria is well: you can be glad. (3) As to what you wrote to me: "A messenger [of] Midas the Phrygian has come to me, bringing me 14 men of Que whom Urik had sent to Urarṭu as an embassy" — this is extremely good! My gods Aššur, Šamaš, Bel and Nabû have now taken action, and without a battle [or any]thing, the Phrygian has given us his word and become our ally! (10) As to what you wrote: "I shall not send my messenger to the Phrygian without the permission of the king, my lord" — I am now writing to (tell) you that you should not cut off…
Daily LifeEconomy(1) The king's word to the go[vernor] (of Calah): (2) 700 bales of straw and 700 bundles of reeds, each bundle more than a donkey can carry, must be at hand in Dur-Šarruken by the 1st of Kislev (IX). Should (even) one day pass by, you will die.
Economy(1) [To the king, my lord: yo]ur [servant S[in-ahhe-riba. Good health to the king, m]y lord! Assyria [is well], the temples [are well], all the [forts o]f the king [are well; the king, my lord], can be glad indeed. (8) [......] the Itu'ean [......] who [......] from the city of Ištahup has now been brought to me from [...]ratta. I inquired him [about the Urarṭi]ans and he told me: (11) "The Urarṭian [and his magnates were defeated] on their expedition [against] the Cimmerians, and they are very much afraid of the king, my lord. They tremble and keep silent like women, and nobody [...] the…
Daily LifeEconomy(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant Ṭab-šar-Aššur. Good heal]th to [the king, my lord!] (4) [As I wrote] to the ki[ng, my lord], I am [receiving] the chariots of the magnates on the afternoon of the 16th and they are giving them over to me — the Comm[ander-in-Chief], the Sartinnu, the Vizier, the Palace Herald, the Chief [Cupbearer], the Treasurer, and the governor of [Calah]; in all 1[00] chariots capable of carrying ...[...]. (12) The chariots of the C[hief Eunuch] and the governor of Nineveh [...] are missing; what does the king my lord say? (Rest destroyed or untranslatable)
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